TRANSFORMERS DATABASE

Name

Dinobot

Author

Shawn Warren

Submitted / Updated

05-09-2007 / 05-09-2007

Category

Beast Wars

Short Description

Honorable Maximal Warrior

Era

Beast Wars

Alliance

Maximals

Description

Even among the Predacons, Dinobot had a reputation for being ruthless and savage. After the crash-landing on Earth, he assumed the alternate form of a velociraptor, an apt expression of the rage and power boiling within. In his robot mode, Dinobot had several formidable battle abilities, including laser vision, a large rotating blade, and a sword.

Unimpressed by the power of the Predacons, Dinobot abandoned them to look find an opponent worthy of himself with the Maximals. He challenged Optimus Primal to a fight to the death for leadership. The two were surprisingly evenly matched, but the fight was cut short by a Predacon ambush. During that fight, Primal saved Dinobot’s life, and, impressed by the selflessness of the Maximals, Dinobot decided to join their ranks.

Slowly integrating himself into the Maximal ranks, Dinobot became less aggressive and more honorable. He later fell in battle, defending a group of prehistoric humans from a Predacon attack. His self-sacrifice proved once and for all that he was truly worthy of being a Maximal.

Megatron, however, had different plans. As the Predacon leader gained control of the Decepticon ship Nemesis, he revived Dinobot in a new and more terrifying form. Dinobot, now resembling a skeletal velociraptor, was reborn as a being of pure malice and evil. When the hour seemed darkest, his memory was restored by his Maximal comrades, and Dinobot heroically turned on Megatron. He was last seen on the Nemesis as it crashed to Earth.